CiteMaker vs Grafiati

CiteMaker helps students and educators create bibliographies and reference lists, either automatically or manually. Citations can start from a book ISBN, website URL, DOI, or imported BibTeX. For ISBN searches, users can choose Google, ISBNdb, Open Library, or WorldCat. Listed styles include APA 6 and 7, Chicago, Harvard, MLA 8 and 9, Oxford, and Turabian, and the site offers forms for generative AI citations. Its guided forms flag required source details; as users enter information, CiteMaker creates in-text citations and sorts references alphabetically. Completed lists can be copied or exported to email, MS Word, Google Docs, or PDF. Registered users can save reference lists and retrieve them later. CiteMaker describes itself as online software for PC, iPad iOS, and Android tablets, and lists Android, iOS, and web platforms. A free plan and a 30-day trial are listed. The registration form says a yearly subscription fee applies after the trial. The site also provides Student and Educator registration options.

Grafiati is a web-based bibliographic manager for creating references and works-cited lists. It supports APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, ISO 690, MLA, Vancouver, and other citation styles, with source types including books, journal articles, websites, theses, legal materials, software, and online videos. Users can search catalogues, enter sources manually, import BibTeX, RIS, or EndNote files, or paste references for metadata collection. References and bibliographies can be edited, copied, exported, and converted between styles. Output can use a selected language, including English, French, Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Polish. Exports include MS Word, BibTeX, and BibLaTeX. Basic features are free for registered and unregistered users. The Basic plan costs nothing and allows one bibliography, 20 references, and seven days. Paid plans start at $2/mo; Zero Gravity costs $8.00 per month. Grafiati is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine.